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Need film scanner for 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 negatives

Back in the dark ages, before digital cameras, I used to do professional photography (mostly weddings) and used a camera that took 2.25" by 2.25" negatives (actually that's the outside dimensions so the actual image size is a bit smaller). I also used my camera for personal photographs.

I have a BUNCH of old negatives and I want to scan them into my computer. My problem is finding a scanner that will work with 2.25" square negatives. I bought an Epson, and although they claimed it would do 2.25" negatives, it would only do 35mm negatives.

Does anyone know of a film scanner that will scan 2.25" square negatives, both B&W and color? Note that I need a film scanner, not a picture scanner. A film scanner has a light behind the negative to illuminate the negative.

Maybe Ned will have some insight.

Mike

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I was going to say the epson scanners have a tray for multiple sizes of negatives. I remember watching a episode of "The Art of Photography" a while back that covered the process and he usually does medium sized cameras.

not sure how those scanners take the slides mike but if they have the backlight feature you can tape any size tot he glass and scan..back when i did that at work we would gang scan them and then cut and paste into individual files

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